Wagons



(No Model.)

W. E. EWBANK. MACHINERY FOR LOADING WAGONS.

No. 567,765. Patented Sept. 15, 1896.

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. UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

I ILBUR EDWIN EIVBANK, OF GUILFORD, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE WILLIAMEVBANK, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

MACHINERY FOR LOADING WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,765, datedSeptember 15, 1896. Application filed June 17, 1896. Serial No. 595,877.(No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILBUR EDWIN Ew- BANK,a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Guilford, in the county of Dearborn and State 5 ofIndiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machineryfor Loading \Vagons; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the in.- vention, such as will enable othersskilled in IQ the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention is in the nature of an improved portable clumping-platform;and such invention primarily has for its object to provide a platform ofthis character of a very simple and economical construction, which canbe easily manipulated and which will effectively serve for its intendedpurposes.

A further object of this invention is to provide a dumping-platformhaving the derrick or supporting members detachably connected with thebase portion, so that they can be readily folded down duringtransportation.

Vith other minor objects in View, which will hereinafter appear, theinvention con-i sists in the peculiar combination and novel arrangementof parts, which will be first de scribed in detail and then bespecifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which-- 5 Figure 1 is a perspective viewofmy dumping-platform, the tilting member being at its down or receivingposition. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, thetilt.-

0 sition, the derrick members being shown to their lowered position indotted lines. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the hinge connectionsfor the lower end of the rear uprights or derrick members. Fig. 4; is adetail view of 5 the fastening means for the lower end of thebrace-bars, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the socketdeviceshereinafter referred to.

In its practical construction my invention comprises a base-frame formedof the parallel o longitudinal sill-bars A A, which are joined by thetransverse sills B B and B.

111g member being shown in the dumping po-' C C indicate the rearupright-s or derrick members, the upper ends of which are. joined by thecrossbeam O and braced by the corner members 0 as clearly shown inFig. 1. Upon the front face of the lower ends of the uprights C aresecured hinge-plates D, the eyes d of which are adapted to fit betweenthe bifurcated eye portions 6 e of the hinge-plates E E, secured on theupper face of the sill members A, the said eye members d and e beingjoined by the removable rod E, which extends entirely across the rearend of the baseframe, as shown.

G G indicate socket-plates secured on the 6 5 front face of the uprightsD near their upper ends, which sockets are adapted to receive thetapered upperends h of the inclined. bracebeams II H, the lower ends ofwhich are detachably secured to the sill-beams by the boltand-nutconnections J and K. (Illustrated in detail in Fig. 4.)

Lindicates the tilting platform, which consists of a front or horizontalmember Z, an upwardly and rearwardly inclined member Z, 7 5 the lowerend of which is secured to the mem ber Z by suitable braces Z suchplatform at the angle of the members Z and Z having triangular sidepieces Z which, with the upwardly-projecting portions of the side beamsZ and Z of such platform, form ledges to hold the gravel fromdischarging at the sides. The beams Z have apertured ears M on the underface, which, with the apertured brackets g g on the uprights G, form ahinge-bearing for the platform L, said ears M and brackets g .beingjoined by the transverse rod N.

0 indicates a hook secured at the front end of the member Z of theplatform, to which the tackle-block P, which has a hook p, is adapted 0to be detachably connected, such block also having a loop 19, to whichone end of the draftrope Q is connected ,the free end of which passes,first, over a tackle-block R, secured to the cross-bar C of thederrick-frame, then down 5 through the tackle-block P, then back throughthe block R, then down through an elongated slot Z in the platformportion Z, then under a guide tackle-block S, secured to rear crossbeamB rearward for convenient attachment ICQ to a draft-horse, or, ifdesired, a suitable windlass. To prevent the discharge of gravel throughthe slot Z and unnecessary interference with the draft-rope aguard-frame T is disposed adjacent thereto, as shown.

While not so shown in the drawings, it is manifest that in practice mydumping-platform is mounted on a suitable running-gear, so that it canbe quickly transported.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought the operation and advantages of myinvention will be readily understood.

WVhen the several parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, theplatform L is ready to receive the gravel. After loading and being movedto the place of dump the team is hitched to the draft-rope and theplatform L tilted to the discharge position, as shown in Fig. 2.

By connecting the several parts of the derrick-frame with the sills inthe manner described such derrick members can be readily folded down tothe position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 when moving from one placeto another on the road, such derrick-frame in practice being too high topass through covered bridges, the said folding operation being effectedby drawing the lower hingerod and inserting same through eyebolts U onthe sills A in line with the hook O and disconnecting the boltand-nutdevices shown in detail in Fig. 4, which will admit of the readywithdrawal of the brace-beams H and allow the derrickframe to be swungdown forward, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A dumping-platform comprising a base or sill frame and a vertical orderrick frame, a tilting platform consisting of a horizontal frontmember and a vertical rear member, said rear member being pivotally hungon the derrick-frame and draft means connected to the said tiltingplatform and the main frame,

arranged substantially as shown whereby to swing the bottom member upand the back member to a discharge position as specified.

2. A dumping-platform comprising a sillframe and a derrick-frame, atilting platform having a vertical rear member and a horizontal frontmember, the rear member being pivotally hung on the derrick-fram e, thebot tom member having a hook or eye at the front end, the pulley-blocksand the draft-rope, all arranged substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of the sills A, A and the derrick members O Chingedat the lower end to sills A to swing forward, the removable rod F, thedetachable brace-beams H the tilting platform L pivotally hung betweenthe members 0 O to swing upward and rearward and means for tilting suchplatform L substantially as shown and for the purposes hereinbeforedescribed.

at. The combination of the sills A A having eyebolts U the uprightmembers 0 O hinged to the sills A to swing inward and having sockets Gthe detachable bolt F, the bracebars 11, having their upper endsarranged to fit the sockets G, the bolt-and-nut connection J K theplatform L pivotally hung between the uprights O C and having an eyeboltO and means for tilting such platform all arranged substantially asshown and for the purposes described.

5. The combination with the sills A A, and uprights O 0 arrangedsubstantially as shown of the platform L formed of the front and rearmembers 1 and Z and angle members Z the member Z having an eye-hook bolt0 at the front end, the member Z having a slot Z and guard-frame T, thetackle-blocks P R S and the draft-rope all combined substantially in themanner shown and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

YVILBUR EDWIN EVVBANK.

"Witnesses Soorr MILLER, DANIEL I-I. MILLER.

